Supplementary materials for the publication:

Modeling the Synchronization of the Movement of Bacillaria paxillifer by a Kuramoto Model with Time Delay

Author: Thomas Harbich

Chapter 8 in the book:

The Mathematical Biology of Diatoms (Diatoms: Biology and  Applications) Janice L. Pappas (Editor), Richard Gordon (Series Editor), Joseph Seckbach (Series Editor), Wiley-Scrivener; Wiley-Scrivener;  First published: 21 April 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119751939.ch8


Restoration of the structure of a colony

The following video shows in 10x time-lapse a Bacillaria paxillifer colony attached to the substrate at both ends. The relative displacements of the diatoms exert a force on the colony that has already disrupted the structure. The parallel arrangement of the diatoms is achieved again after some time.